Accademia Italiana Rome

Ilenia Alesse

The attention to detail, the constant updating on the latest fashion industry trends with a particular care for new technologies, craftsmanship and sustainable fashion, characterize her work as a fashion designer. Today she works on developing her own brand.

Curriculum vitae

Born in Turin, where she graduated in Fashion Design, she began her first work experience for a well-known style department and fashion consulting, Proges Design, with which she collaborated as illustrator for several sports and casual brands including Jeckerson. Subsequently she worked at the Carlo Pignatelli atelier, the famous haute couture brand for bridal and formal collections.

The experience as freelance, undertaken in 2001, led her to collaborate, among others, with Max Mara, Sand Group, Virgin Collection, Onitsuka Tiger, Historic Research, Caterpillar, Laura Biagiotti, Miroglio Group. In 2010 she began her experience as a fashion professor and since 2012 she is the coordinator of the Fashion Design courses for “Accademia Italiana” in Rome, where she also teaches in fashion design and Styling courses, both in Italian and English.